Former choreographer Yuko Hongo Role Figure skater Name Ryuichi Kihara Choreographer Marina Zueva | Skating club Kinoshita Club Height 1.75 m | |
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Coach Yuka SatoJason DungjenSergei Petrovski Former coach Hiroshi NagakuboY. NaruseM. KawaumeYuko HongoMasako Ogino Residence Tokai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Similar People Narumi Takahashi, Chris Reed, Cathy Reed, Mervin Tran, Kana Muramoto | ||
Former skating club Chukyo University | ||
World figure skating championships 2015 sp narumi takahashi ryuichi kihara
Ryuichi Kihara (木原 龍一 Kihara Ryūichi, born August 22, 1992) is a Japanese figure skater. As a single skater, he is a two-time bronze medalist on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and the 2010–11 Japanese Junior silver medalist. With former partner Narumi Takahashi, he is a two-time Japanese national pairs skating champion (2014, 2015).
Contents
- World figure skating championships 2015 sp narumi takahashi ryuichi kihara
- 04 JPN Miu SUZAKI Ryuichi KIHARA 2018 Four Continents Pairs FS
- Career
- Competitive highlights
- References
04 JPN Miu SUZAKI & Ryuichi KIHARA - 2018 Four Continents - Pairs FS
Career
Kihara finished 10th at the 2011 World Junior Championships. He competed in single skating through January 28, 2013.
On January 30, 2013, the Japanese skating federation confirmed that Kihara would compete in pair skating with Narumi Takahashi, the 2012 World bronze medalist, and they would be coached by Yuka Sato and Jason Dungjen. They trained in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. They represented Japan together at the 2014 Olympics and placed 19th. The pair split in March 2015.
In June 2015, it was announced that Kihara had teamed up with former single skater Miu Suzaki, with whom he would continue to train in Michigan.
Competitive highlights
GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
